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Dogs are different to us in the sense of their body weight and internal distribution processes, so what might not ever affect us to any great degree (though chances of living extremely long lives and in full quality of life are greatly reduced), will affect a dog much more severely. So the residues of 'poisons' and unhealthy drugs etc in some tap water may be minimal for us but not minimal for dogs - and the smaller body mass the dog, the worse off he/she is. Chocolate is a case in point. Chocolate is toxic to both humans and dogs. A large block of chocolate consumed as a meal by a medium size dog could kill the dog but it would take perhaps 20 times as much for an adult human to be rendered the same.
And of course, most water supplies have chemicals added such as clorine and fluoride.
The tap water quality in the Wellington region where I live is in the top ranked bracket in the world but that probably won't prevent some unwanted residue from being present. A 15 minute drive from my house will get me to free public water taps which draw out cold pure water. Taylor is also lucky that we have a little stream running through my property with the source of the stream is a forest/bush reserve just up the road.
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